Fla. Agency Lists Top-10 Consumer Complaints of 2004

December 31, 2004

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Insurance-related complaints didn’t rank high enough to make the list of top-10 complaints of 2004 issued by the Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services (FACS).

The top-10 complaints were: Travel and vacation plans (4,312 complaints), up 45 percent over 2003; “Do Not Call List” (3,673); price-gouging (3,023); motor vehicle repair (2,212); credit/banking (1,019); communications (1,010); business opportunities/franchises (977); health studios (684); telemarketers not involving the “Do Not Call List” (672); and construction (631). The number of complaints also fell, to 23,718 from 31,274 in 2003.

In other news, the Division of Consumer Services, part of FACS, said it recovered $2.8 million in refunds and services for consumers in 2004. That’s a more than a half-million dollars more than 2003.

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  • January 4, 2005 at 4:05 am
    James Briles says:
    How can I verify that my property insurer was granted a rate increase for 2005? I would like to be able to read the insurer's application and Florida's Department of Financial... read more
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    Howard says:
    The key reason that the 2004 FACS complaints did not include insurance is that the Department of Financial Services(DFS) maintains a separate system for reporting complaints a... read more
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